HOOKAnother year and we’re all getting olderAnother season passed by seems colderAnother load weighs down my shoulderMaaa, in case, I have not told ya

I got some things on my mind I gotta say maI appreciate everything and the way ma , every day maYou raised me up …you know i love yaAin’t no other that’s my mother

Verse One: early on in life you made sure I got my lessonway I used to act out had you mad stressinthey want to hold me back of course momma wouldn’t have itif they could see me now they be like woah what happenedthey were wrong I grew strong I grew up fastI wish sometimes all those times that they could lastI left home 16 with my books packedwhen I look back at all the things I couldnta hadwithout you raisin me patiently amazinglyway you play with freddie now i see how you played with meevery day you’d work hard but stay with meand every night I knew you would wait with mein the hospital obstacles plaguing mein a room with no window you a ray to mein fact you was my whole sun shinin radiantlybetter days come you used to say to mebut didn’t fake sometimes like you saw the truthwhen done talkin to you I feel like I saw a soothwhen all is said and done headin home all is through- - - - moms, I owe it all to you

Verse 2: 18nurse told me how you stayed when I was concussedi couldn’t remember a single thing that we’d discussI kept askin same questions but never oncedid you not sincerely answer this kid you loved.that meant a lot cause the last thing I do rememberwas hearin January when I thought it was novemberyou had a way of dealin stuff with this air itkept me calm when I could have been a scared kideven laughin when I should have had fear withinI hope you smile tears of joy when you hear thisyou the one in my life no there ain’t no otherjust like it says on the gift that you buy your motherwhat they say is so true get me through the dramareal not fake drama sorry for mistakes mommadon’t get me wrong I don’t forget all the happy timesbein as it is now this is on my mindplus when it’s tough counts most moms you I trustyou I’m just, like so just this do I must

Verse 3, 12people meet me and they say they notice my smileit’s been a long road of hard times it’s been a whileit must have been how you raised me in the younger yearsto keep me grounded sane underneath the recent tearspeople say they like the way that I make em laughthe way I grasp at em take and then I give backI like to think I followed you in the right pathcant believe I teach kids the way you taught me mathI’m not suprisingly your only kid that chose rapeach and every one of us has got our own thanksto give so consider this from the whole famwe don’t forget big momma’s where our home’s at

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